Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
313. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new housing scheme currently in hand or proposed in 2022 by each local authority by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/22]
View answer314. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses built by each local authority in 2021; the number proposed for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 313 and 314 together.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity. This data is available to the end of Q3 2021 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.
A detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published each quarter by my Department, which provides scheme level detail on new build social housing activity. The CSR provides details of the individual social housing new build projects, that make up the new build programme for each local authority. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Quarter 3 2021, and is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/feea9-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q3-2021/.
An excel version of this file can be downloaded at the following link: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2021?package_type=dataset .
The Affordable Housing Act 2021, the first ever standalone affordable housing legislation was enacted last July, establishing a basis for four new affordable housing measures. These measures will deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to put affordability at the heart of the housing system and prioritise the increased supply of affordable homes through; (1) delivering affordable homes on local authority lands; (2) the introduction of a new form of tenure in Cost Rental; (3) a First Home shared equity scheme; and (4) expanding Part V planning requirements to increase the 10% contribution requirement to 20% and to apply it to cost rental as well as social and affordable housing.
To date, 65 Cost Rental homes have been tenanted across two separate developments (25 in Balbriggan, Fingal Co. Dublin and 40 in Leixlip, Co Kildare). Over 700 Cost Rental homes are scheduled to be delivered in 2022, across the local authorities with the most acute affordability constraints. The first Affordable Purchase homes delivered by local authorities are scheduled to be delivered in Cork next month. A second development of affordable purchase homes will be delivered by Fingal County Council in Lusk later this year.
My Department is currently liaising with local authorities to finalise affordable housing targets for the period 2022-2026.
